The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winners of their Golden Kite Awards and the Sid Fleischman Award. These awards are unique because they are the only ones judged by a jury of author and illustrator peers.  Here are the winners in each category as well as the honor books:

 

FICTION WINNER

Revolution by Deborah Wiles

NONFICTION WINNER

The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming

 

PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION WINNER

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant

PICTURE BOOK TEXT WINNER

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream by Kristy Dempsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

 

 

FICTION HONOR

Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon

NONFICTION HONOR

Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi by Susan Goldman Rubin

 

PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION HONOR

The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee

PICTURE BOOK TEXT HONOR

The Baby Tree by Sophie Blackall

 

SID FLEISCHMAN AWARD FOR HUMOR

Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen